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ilie jWt s Jorttcr. Stay on the Farm. Come, hoys* l have something to tell you ; Come here,. li would whisper it low ; You're thinking of leaving the homestead— Don't be- in a hurry to go. The city has many attractions, But think of the vice and sins. When once in the vortex of fashion. How soon the course downward begins l Yijatalk of the mines of Australia, 4 weidthy in treasures no doubt, Hut auTlnePe is gold in the farm, boys, If onJy you'll shovel it out, The mercantile life is a hazard. The ggods are first high and then low, Better risk the old farm a while longer— Don r f be in a hurry to go. ’ffte great busy world has inducements, The rostrum, the tripod, the mart, But wealth was not made in a da)', boys, Don't be in a hurry to start. The banker and broker are wealthy— They take in their thousands or so— Ah* think what they have to encounter; Dbnt be in a hurry to go. The farm fe the safest and surest; ■Thtrorchards arc loaded to-day ; You arc free as the air of the mountain And monarchs of all you survey. So stay on the farm a while longer, Thoudp profits come in rather slow ; Remember you've nothing to risk, boys ; Don’t be in a hurry to go. STORY DEPARTMENT. A TEXAS HUNTER’S VENGEANCE. A gentleman who has lately returned from a visit to Dallas, Texas, tells a story which is rather dramatic. The story was told to him by an old hunter, who had become do mesticated and was lounging about one of th/e Dallas hotels. “ I could tell you a good many queer stories, stranger,” said the old fellow, in con versation with the gentleman, “ but I don’t know of any that "lid be more likely to strike you than an experience of Sam Long’s, in Harrison county, years ago. Texas wuz a rough place then, you kin bet on that!” And then the old fellow told the stofy, which can scarcely be as graphic in print as in his terse idiom : Years ago Harrison count)-, in Texas, was the haunt of about as desperate a gang of ruffians as ever infested any district west of the Mississippi. Their number was so great, and their organization so complete that they set the but half-a 1 ministered law at defiance, carrying on a career of daring crime with im punity, and making the region an undesirable place of abode for all honest citizens. Os tensibly hunters or horse-traders, the des peradoes made stock-stealing their chief oc cupation, never hesitating to commit a mur der when necessary for their safety or for the execution of any of their rascally plans.— The controlling spirit in this* desperate or ganization was a giant named Dick Reddett, who, from his exceptional ferocity and daring, exercised almost despotic control over his followers. A special pride of this man was in his extraordinary skill in the use of a rifle, no one of the band being able to compete with him in what was at that time considered tl*e chief accomplishment of a Western man. It was a favorite practice with the band to congregate at someone of the few small stores scattered through the country and there engage in shooting matches, and it was upon one of these occasions that Sam Long, the hunter already mentioned, happened to be present. Long was a quiet, modest fellow, who lived with his wife and child in a small cabin in their neighborhood, and who made hunting his constant occupation. He never appeared at the store save to exchange skins, and was favorably known for his sobriety and honesty. Upon the occasion just refer red to, when Sam Long chanced to come while the desperadoes were engaged in one of their shooting matches, they wished him to take part in the sport. He hesitated at first, but finally, not wishing to incur the ill will of the ruffians* consented. His skill with the rifle was known to be something remark able, and the desperadoes were not greatly surprised when he defeated them all save the captain of the band. This man had not en gaged in the sport, but when Long had van quished all others, he came forward with the assurance of an easy victory. The shots were made, and, to the surprise of all, Long gained the day. The rage of the leader of the ruffians knew no bounds at thus being defeated in the pres ence of his followers, and, although refrain ing from any violence on the spot, he inti mated darkly to the hunter that he would “ yet get even with him.” Long paid little attention to the threat, and soon afterward returned to his cabin. At just dusk, some days later, Sam was lying on the floor of his cabin playing with his while his wife was getting supper. The wife, busy with her cooking, asked Long to go to an adjacent spring and bring some water, a request which he promptly complied with, leaving his gun in the house, a some what unusual course with him. He had reached the spring and was just stooping to fill the pail which he carried, when he was borne down by a sudden attack from behind, bound securely, and dragged some yards in to the woods. W lieu he recognized his as sailants he knew what to expect. He had fallen into the hands of the Reddett gang, and the leader was about to “get even with him.” Long was stripped and bound to a tree by order of the captain. A supply of hickory switches was obtained, and then the captain took one of them and began the whipping, announcing with an oath that no man could beat him or his men at shooting, and stay in the country. The sufferings of the victim were terrible. The flesh was cut from his back in strips by the blows, and when the leader of the ruffians had gratified his rage, others of the band continued the punishment. But one man among the number showed any mercy, and his assertions that Long had been punished enough was received with derision. Finally the hunter fainted under the pain, and the ruffians, having satisfied their grudge, departed, leaving the object of their spite still bound to the tree. In this position he was found by his wife, who had become alarmed for his safety, and who, while searching for him, had beeu at tracted to the spot by a faint moaning. She assisted him to reach the cabin, which he did with difficulty, and then nursed him faith fully to recovery. It was weeks before he was well enough to move about. Scarcely had Long recovered from his wounds when his cabin was found deserted, and members of the Reddett band, thinking ILe had fled from the country, boasted openly pt what they had done. At the same time, Ehey became bolder than ever in the commis sion of crime, always hunting or traveling to gether in a company between twenty and thirty, and defying attack from any quarter. One day, as they were engaged on a hunt, a member of the band became separated from the rest in the excitement of the chase. He was found, lying dead, shot in the left eye. A few days later, one of the ruffians, riding alone, was killed. Again the bullet was found to have entered the left eye, but no trace of the slayer could be discovered. A week or two passed, and another of the des peradoes was shot, the same terrible accuracy being exhibited in a shot in the left eye, proving all the shots to be from the same source. The robbers became alarmed and kept al ways together in their raids, but there was no escaping the death which seemed always to be lurking near them. One after another fell, until ten rnen had died, each one pierced in tlie eye. The woods were scoured by the terrified men in vain. On one occasion, when a member of the band was killed, the shot had been heard, and once a gaunt fellow was seen running through the woods, but pursuit failed to overtake him. Accustomed to face danger as the desperadoes were, and possess ed as they were of brutal courage, they trembled before this mysterious danger. It could not be faced, and it could not be averted. The result was that some of the band de serted and fled the region. There remained only the captain and four of the more resolute of his followers. These five hunted and made their raids together for sometime with out harm. Among the five was the man who had endeavored to save Long at the time of the whipping from so severe a torture. This man, one morning, ventured out in the woods without his comrades. He was walking slow ly along, looking for game, when the brown barrel of a rifle projecting from a bush beside him checked his course. A tall, lank figure rose from the bush, and the startled man re cognized Sam Long, the hunter. Long rais ed the rifle, then lowered it. “ Yotiire the man who said a good word for me, an’ you may go, bad as you are. 1 won’t take your miserable life. Go !” The man needed no second invitation to go. He hurried to the camp and told the story. The captain and the other three men started out in pursuit of Long, and but two men accompanied Dick Reddett when he re turned ! The third man had fallen, shot in the eye, and no search of the underbrush re vealed the hunter. The next day another man was killed in camp, and again the hunter escaped. On the next day the two remaining men fled the country, leaving the fierce Reddett alone.— The leader of the desperadoes dared not re main where he was. lie know he was the man whom Long sought above all others. Concealing himself until night, he mounted his horse and fled for the nearest point on the Arkansas river where it would be possible to take passage on a steamboat. Two days later he reached a small landing in the woods on the bank of the river, where the steamer stopped for passengers when there were any to take. He learned from the occupant of the only cabin in the neighborhood that the boat would be down in the afternoon, and so, having put up the signal to secure a landing of the boat, established himself on the bank and waited. He deemed himself safe enough from pursuit, and took no precautions.— Throwing himself on the ground, he slept un til late in the day, when lie was awakened by the sound of the boat in the distance. She would round a point in a moment or two, and he waited expectantly. As suddenly as though risen from the ground, a lank figure stood be fore him, and the muzzle of a rifle peered in his face. The terrified desperado had no dif ficulty in recognizing the man as the one he had injured. With the rifle still hold steadily upon the face of the startled Reddett, Long hissed out: “ I've got von ! You whipped me—whip ped me like a dog ! I swore I'd kill you be fore I called myself a man again, and I’m going to do it! I’ve cleaned out your band, and now it’s your turn ! Oh, I’ve got you !” The ruffian in abject fear pleaded for his life, groveling at the feet of the hunter. He clung to his words as a drowning man clings to straws. The boat was very near. Should she round the point in time h£ would be saved. £ Already the smokestacks showed -through the brush, when the hunter pressed the trig ger, the sharp report rang out, and Reddett fell dead, shot to the brain through the left eye. Long slipped away in the woods, and when the boat stopped, in response to the signal, the\ T found a dead man, blit no one else. Harrison county was rid forever of the worst gang of ruffians in the southwest. “ An* that, stranger,” said the old man In the Dallas hotel, “is a true story of the way Sam Long settled accounts with the black guards.” Changed His Mind. A subscriber to the Elizabeth News came in the office a few days ago and ordered his paper to be stopped, because lie differed with Richard La Rue in the views of subsoiling fence rails. Richard conceded the man’s right to stop the paper, and remarked, coolly, as he looked over his list.: Do you know Jim Sowders, down at-llard serabble ? ‘Very well, said the man. ‘Well, he stopped his paper last week be cause I thought a farmer was a blamed fool who did not know that, timothy was a good thing to graft on huckleberry bushes, and he died in less than four hours. Lord, is that so ? said the astonished grang er. And you know old George Erickson, down on Eagle creek ? 4 Well, I have heard of him. Well, said Richard, gravely, he stopped his paper because I said he was the happy father of twins, and congratulated him on his success so late in life. He fell dead within twent3 r minutes. There is lots of similar cases, but it don’t matter. I will just cross 3*our name, though you don’t look strong, and there is a bad color in your nose. See here, Mr. La Rue, said the subscriber, looking somewhat alarmed. I believe I will just keep on another year, because I alwaj T 8 did like your paper, and come to think about it, you are a young man, and some allowance ought to be made, and he departed, satisfied that he had made a narrow escape from death. A Singular Mathematical Fact. Any number of figures 3011 may wish to multiply by 5 will give the same' result if divided b} r 2 —a much quicker operation : but 3*ou must remember to annex a cipher to the answer whenever there is no remainder, and when there is a remainder, whatever it may be, annex a5 to the answer. Multiply 464 I)3* 5, and the answer will be 2,320; divide the same number b} r 2 and } 7 ou have 232, and, as there is no remainder, } 7 ou add a cipher. Now take 357 and multiply by 5 ; there is 1,785. Divide the same number by 2. and } r ou have 178 and a remainder; 3*oll therefore place a 5 at the end of the line, and the result is again 1,785. What was this line put here for ? Guess ! THE FARM. From the Houston Home Journal. A Word to Farmers Who Have Failed to Make Corn Enough. I commenced farming in the year 1819 and continued until my negroes were freed. Du ring that time, owing to severe droughts, I failed twice to make corn enough to do me longer than the month of May. I sowed wheat, and when it began to ripen, say the heads turned yellow and the grain formed in the dough state, the stalk and blades still green, I had it cut and cured. I stopped feeding on corn and had the wheat cut up with a cutting knife, commencing at the heads and throwing away a portion of the butt-ends. My stock were in good working order, for 11 had fed bountifully with corn, knowing that the hard work had to be done, and that the corn would last until the wheat came in. I commenced feeding on wheat, the work being lighter, the stock actually improved. I did not have to buy a bushel of corn. Many farmers think it labor lost to try to raise wheat in this climate. lam satisfied that it is more from mismanagement than anything | else that they fail—l seldom ever failed, and | give my plan : First, 1 break up my ground with diamond pointed scooters five inches wide; plow very close so as pulverize the ground thoroughly, and if necessary, cross ; plow. My plan for preparing the seed is to ! have two tubs of strong brine, as strong as 1 salt will make it. I pour in a email quantity at a time and gently stir, throwing away all that will float. I let it remain in the brine from thirty-six to forty-eight hours. While you are sowing out of one tub the other is soakflig. Put the wheat in a basket to drain, and while wet sprinkle with lime until it is all coated. If this rule is strictly carried out you will never find a head of smut. My rule was one peck and a half to the acre. I cov ered with a wooden-tooth harrow, (I would not use an iron-tooth harrow if one was given me.) The harrow was made of three pieces of scantling, three by four inches, put togeth er triangularly, with auger holes one inch and a half for the teeth, five inches apart in the back piece, and the same number in the side pieces, which will be further apart in the back piece. The teeth are four inches square, tapered down, leaving at the point a quarter of an inch square. Let the sower follow the plow and the harrow follow the sower. I pre fer harrowing with the plowing. If I were farming now I would sow wheat for my stock to feed on if I could buy corn at seventy-five cents a bushel. In fact I believe it might be profitable to feed on wheat in summer and sell corn at seventy-five cents, for at that time of the year money is money with a great many farmers. I always preferred putting wheat on cotton land, as it is easier prepared, clear of grass and Hessian fly. The last of October or any time in November I generally sowed wheat. I think the fault with most farmers is that they don’t prepare the land right before sowing, and they put too much to the acre, and a great portion of their seed imperfect grains. Some put a bushel to the acre, and if they make ten bushels they think it a very fine crop, when really they have made only one-tenth of a head to each grain they sowed, (supposing each grain to produce one hundred grains. Hut all farmers know that one grain is capable of producing over five hundred grains. If one grain produces five hundred grains, one bushel should bring five hundred bushels. Another error is they cover too deep. Wheat will not come up if covered three or four inches deep—the roots the grain deprived of light, heat and air, causes a very slow growth. These roots have to support the stalk until it is sufficient ly' strong to throw out roots near the surface ; when this takes place the lower roots and stem perish ; by this time it is cold weather, and the surface roots, short and tender, are very easily spewed out by frost, and for want of moisture die out. If it should escape the freeze it has had no time to teller out, and only produces one or two heads when it should have produced from five to twenty. The shallow covered grain throws out at the start permanent roots and has had time to bunch and teller out, and in no danger of being spread out by the frost, and will pro duce from five to twenty heads if it is not too much crowded. This is not chimney corner theory, but from actual experience and ob servation for over fifty years. J. D. llavis. Perry. Ga., Sept. 28, 1875. An Old Receipt Worth Ten Dollars to any Farmer. Take one part (by weight) rosin, one part bees-wax and four parts good fresh or sound lard. Mix and melt together over fire, so as to be sure not to burn the mixture. It makes an ointment that is superior to anything I have ever tried, for the flesh or either fresh or old sores, and especially good to remove old dry scabs, and il comes off leaving the skin soft and tough. I was using a horse a cold winter day and the next morning I found him with legs swo len and rough, and so stiff that it seemed to be very difficult for him to move. I brushed off the dirt and applied the ointment as soon as I could after I found it out. I made the application morning and evening for two days and the third day one application and the horse was cured. I was compelled to use the horse a little the first day, and after two hours light work he worked as well as ever and I kept on using him every day. The mixture is the best thing I have ever used for boots or shoes for out-door wear, as it makes spongy leather water-proof and hard leather soft. —Quitman Reporter. Mellow Soil Around Trees. Unless the surface of the ground is mulch, ed around young trees over an area of six to ten feet in diameter, the ground should be kept clean and mellow. Every farmer knows that a hill of corn or potatoes will not amount to much unless cultivated, and yet there are man} 7 who will neglect to give the same care to a tree which is worth a hundred hills of either of the former. In rich soil trees may grow rapidly without cultivation, and no amount of grass or weeds will retard them ; but there are other things besides growth to be looked after. If the weeds and grass are allowed to grow up around the stems of ap ple, peach or quince trees, the bark will be come soft near their base by being shaded, aud thereby be in a suitable condition for the reception of the eggs which will eventually become peach or apple borers. Take one dozen young apple trees in sections where the apple borer is abundant, and allow a por tion to be choked with weeds and the remain der well cultivated, and then watch the result. From our own experience we believe that the chances are nine to one in favor of those cul tivated being exempt from the pest.— Nat. Agriculturist. IriPThe French have discovered that the white of an egg given in sweetened water is a sure cure for croup. The remedy is to be repeated till a cure is effected. SUNDAY READING. A Mother’s Prayers.' BY FRANKLIN ANTRIM. About thirty-three years ago, one lovely Sabbath morning, eight young law students were strolling along the bank of one of the tributaries of the Potomac river. They were going to a secluded spot in a grove to mur der the precious hours of the holy day by playing whist and drinking wine. Each of them was the son of a praying mother. As they were sauntering along and amusing each other with idle jests, the Court House bell— used for calling the Presbyterians to their house of worship—commenced to ring. Al though fully two miles away, it sounded in the ears of those thoughtless youths as plain ly as if it were upon the other shore of the narrow creek. Suddenly one of them stop ped, and told him who writes this account thereof that he would return to town and go to church. Then your correspondent shouted to the other six, who were a short distance ahead: “ Boys, boys, come back here; George is getting religion. Come, we must assist him. We must baptize him by immersion in the water.” Speedily we all surrounded George, and told him that only by going with us could he save himself from a cold bath. To which, in a calm, soft, but earnest tone of voice, he replied: “ I know very well that you have the physi cal ability to put me into the stream and hold me there till I am drowned, and, if you choose, 3 r ou can do so without m3’ showing any re sistance ; but, before you do it, I have a few words to say, and then I will yield without a struggle. “You all know that I am nearly two hun dred miles from home ; but you do not know, so I now propose to tell you, that my mother is a helpless bed-ridden invalid. I cannot remember ever having seen her out of her bed ; and I never did see her out of her room. lam the youngest of the family. When my father concluded to send me here to get the benefit of our preceptor’s instructions—he and my father having been life-long personal friends, and he charges nothing for my tuition —he could scarcely prevail upon mother to consent to my leaving her. The struggle al most cost her what little life she possessed. At length, after many prayers upon the sub ject, she consented, and the necessary prepa rations for my departure from home were speedily completed. “ My mother never spoke to me upon the matter till the morning on which I left for the East. Then, after I had eaten breakfast, she sent for me and asked if I had every thing ready and properly packed. I told her that all was completed, and that I would be olf as soon as the stage came for me. Kneel ing beside her bed, at her request, with her loving hands upon my head, she prayed for her youngest born. Many and many a night since, 1 have dreamed that whole scene over. It is the happiest recollection in my memory. I believe that to the of my death I will be able to repeat every word of that prayer. When she ceased praying she spoke to me thus: “ My precious son, you know not—indeed you never can know—the agony of a moth er’s heart when parting forever from her last born —to her, still a babe. When you go forth from beneath the home of your nativity, to pursue the study of the profession of your choice, and of 3’our dear father's choosing as well, you will for the last time this side of the grave look upon the face of her who loves von as no other mortal does or can. Your father is not able to pay your expenses for making visits home during the two 3-ears of your course of studies. I cannot possibly live so long as that. The sands of the hour glass of my feeble existence have nearty run out. I have, therefore, had a severe strug gle, for L heard 3’our kind, indulgent father assuring you that the whole case rested with me—that, although 3 r ou might never have another such a favorable offer, nothing could possibly induce him to act in the matter against wishes; so I have yielded. In that distant and strange place to which you are going, there will be no loving mother to whom 3-011 can apply for counsel when assail ed by temptations. You must, therefore, while a boy learn to rely upon yourself— learn to say “ No” when urged to do wrong. I cannot be with you, but I will daily com mit 3’ou to the care of God, who is every where present, beholding 3’our evil acts as well as your good deeds. Every Sabbath morning, from ten to eleven o’clock, I will spend the hour in prayer forydu. Wherever you may be during this blessed hour, when 3 r ou hear the church bells ringing for the as sembling of God’s people, let your thoughts carry you to this chamber of death, where your dying mother will be agonized for you in prayer. Commit to memory the eighth, ninth and tenth verses of the first chapter of Proverbs. I hear the stage coming. Kiss me farewell. Now, the last words you will ever hear from ray lips are, in the language of Solomon, ‘My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.’ ” hen he finished, he and we were all weep ing. Involuntarily we opened the ring which we had formed around him. Unmolested he passed out and went to church. lle had stood up for the right against heavy odds, and each of us admired him for doing that which neith er of us had the courage to undertake—break away from wicked companions and go to church. lie led off, without a word, and silently we all followed. Without either one knowing that any other had done so too, each of us managed to throw his cards and flask into the creek, so that by the time we reach ed the church every pocket was emptied of its former contents. Never again did any one of that little company play any games on the Six of the number have gone to their long homes, each a Christian. Only two of us are yet living—George, an able lawyer in lowa, and your correspondent.— Both of us have been church members for many years. HPThe Christian at Work, gracefully al luding to the power of song, says : God has always used the potent aid of the hymn in proclaiming his own attributes and the mighty truths of redemption.— The Psalms were the inspired songs of the great congregation that gathered in and about the peerless Temple, and during all the ages since they have kept alive, by the most easy and pleasant methods, true ideas of God and of His relations to men. In view, therefore, ot the inspiring and teaching agency of song, we ought to be especially careful in regard to the thoughts incorporated into the hymns of the church and Sabbath-school. These will mould the theology of the future, and, if correct, ought all the more to be joined in by the en tire congregation of worshippers. At Eldorado, Ark., a protracted meeting was held about the last of last month, which lasted two weeks, and resulted in 49 additions to the church, of which number, 45 were re ceived by experience and baptism. L. 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An active, energetic, live Business Man, to work the MOBILE LIFE IN JACKSON COUNTY. Address R. O. RANDALL, July 17 Agent arid Ilsinagrr, Rome, (in. ' TO WM AMD CO UMTY DIRECTOR Y. JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS. Physicians... J. D. & 11. .J. Long. J. J. Dos ter. N. W. Carithcrs, J. O. Hunt. Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, W. I. Pike. J. A. B. Mahaffey, W. C. Howard, M. M. Pitman. P. F. Hinton, 1.. S. Howard. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass & Hancock, F. M. Bailey, Stanley & Pinson, Wm. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. Carpenters... Joseph P. Williamson, Sen'r; J. P. Williamson, Jr. Harness Maker. .. John G. flakes. Wagon Makers... Win. Wink urn, Monroe Rav, (col.) Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland. Blacksmith. ..V. T. Story. Tinner... John 11. Chapman. Tanners. ..J. E. & 11. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark, under Forest News office ; Seaborn M. Stark, over W. S. Thompson's store. • HOTELS. Randolph House, hy Mrs. Randolph. Nortii-Eastern Hotel, l>y John Simpkins. Public Boarding House, by Mrs. Elizabeth Worsham. Liquors. Segars, <fcc... J. L. Bailey. Grist and Saw-Mill and Gin... J. D. & 11. J. Cong. Saw-Mill and Gin...F. S. Smith. COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Martin Institute. —J. W. Glenn. Principal; S. P. Orr, Assistant; Miss M. E. Orr, Assistant; Miss Lizzie Burch. Music. Centre Academy. —L. M. Lyle, Principal. Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge, Principal. Harmony Grove Academy. —R. S. Cheney* Prin cipal. Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Oak Grove Academy —Mrs. A. C. P. Rides-, Principal. Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell. Principal. Duke Academy. —Mrs. 11. A. Deadwyler, Prin cipal. Park Academy. —Miss V. 0. Park. Principal. Chapel Academy. —W. 11. Hill, Principal. Holly Spring Academy— W. P. Newman, Prin. o ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and de parts same days at 12 o’clock. M. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A. M., and de parts same days at 12 o’clock, M. Lawrenceville mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur days, at 12 o'clock, M, and departs same day at 1 o’clock, P. M. F. L. Pendergrass, Dep’y P. M. MAGISTRATES AND BAILIFFS. Jefferson District, No. 245, N. H. Pendergrass, J. P.; 11. T. Fleeman, J. P. John M. Burns. Constable. Clarkesborough District, No. 242, F. M. Holli day, J. P.; M. B. Smith, J. P. Miller’s District, No. 455, H. F. Kidd, J. P. Chandler’s District, No. 246, Ezekiel Hewitt, J. P.; -J. G. Burson, J. P. Randolph’s District, No. 248, Pinckney P. Pirkle, J. P. ; Jas. A. Straynge, J. P. Cunningham’s District, No. 428, J. A. Brazle ton, J. P.; T. K. Randolph. J. P. Newtown District, No. 253, G. W. O’Kelly, J. P.; T. J. Stapler, Not. Pub. & Ex. Off. J. P. Minnish’s District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood, J. P. Harrisburg District, No. 257, Win. M. Morgan. J. P.; J. \\ . Pruitt, J. P. House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. Santafee District, No. 1042, W. R. Boyd, J. P S. G. Arnold, J. P. J ’ Wilson’s District, No. 465, W. J. Comer, J. P. AMERICAN WASH BLUE, FOR LAUNDRY AND HOUSEHOLD USE. MANUFACTURED AT THE AMERICAN ULTRAMARINE WORKS, NEWARK, N. J. OUR WASH BLUE is the best in the world. It does not streak, contains nothing injurious to health or fabric, and is used by all the large laundries on account of its pleasing effect and cheapness. Superior for white washing. Put up in packages convenient for family use. Price 10 cents each. For sale by grocers everywhere. Al ways ask for the American Wash blue, if you want the cheapest and best. American ( T lti-mrii>e Works Aug7st Office, 72 William St., New York. BLANKS! MAGISTRATES’ BXECUTIONS, PRINTED AT SHORT NOTICE, At the Forest News Office. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS OF JEFFERSOF. W. I. Pike, Mayor; J. P. Williamson, Sr., U. J. X. Wilson, R. J. Hancock, Aldermen; T. H. Xiblaek, Esq., Clerk & Treasurer; J. If. Burn*, Marshal. JACKSON Sl TERIOR COCIIT. I lon. GEO. TANARUS). RICE, - - - Judge. EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Gei’l COUNTY OFFICERS. WILEY C. HOWARD, - - - - Ordinary. M; M. PIT MAN, - - Judge Cos. Court. THOS. H. NIBLACK. - - - Clerk S. Court. JOHN S. HUNTER, - Sheriff. WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “ LEE J. JOHNSON, ----- Treasurer. JAMES L. WILLIAMSON, - - Tax Collector. GEO. W. BROWN. “ Receiver. JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Survevor. WM. WALLACE, - - - Coroner. G. J. N. WILSON, Count}' School ComnnasY Commissioners (Roads and Revenue.)-Wb. Seymour, W. J. llaynie, AV. G. Steed. Meet on the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. H. Niblack, Esq., Clerk. COUNTY CHURCH DIRECTORY. METHODIST. Jefferson Circuit. —Jefferson. Harmony (Iron, Dry Pond, Wilson’s, Holly Springs. AN. A. Kir ns, P. C. Mulberry Circuit. —Ebenezer, Bethlehem, Con cord, Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A.L. Anderson, P. C. Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkins ville Circuit. PRESBYTERIAN. Thyatira. Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Sandj Creek, Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor ; Pleasant Groß. Rev. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah. Rev. Nrf Smith, Pastor. BAPTIST. Cabin Creek, W. R. Goss, Pastor; Harmonj Grove, W. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, Her. J. M. Davis, Past.; Bethabra. Rev. G. L. Bagwell, Pastor; Academy, Jiev. J. N. Coil, Pastor; Walnut, Rev. J. M. Davis, Pastor; Crooked Creek. W. F. Stanc. Pastor : Oconee Church, R**- A. J. Kelley, Pastor; Poplar Springs, Rev. "• A. Brock. Pastor; Kandler’s Creek, W. F. Stark. Pastor ; Mountain Creek. W. 11. Bridges, Paster. PROTESTANT METHODIST. Pentecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor. “CHRISTIAN.” Bethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor. Christian Chapel, Elder W. T. Lowe, Past#*. Galilee, Elder P. F. Lamar, Pastor. ’ FIRST UN I VERSA LIST. . Centre Hill, Rev. B. F. Strain, Pastor; (’bw*- meeting and preaching every third Saturday a** Sunday. FRA TERN At DIRECTOR Y. Unity Lodge, No. 36, F. A. M., meets Ist day nkht in each month. 11. W. Bell, W. M-i John Simpkins, Sec’y. Love Lodge. No. 65, I. 0. 0. F., meets on and 4th Tuesday nights in each month. J. B.“* man, N. G.; G. J. X. Wilson, Sec’y. Stonewall Lodge, No. 214, I. O. G. TANARUS., meets os Saturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays in tf* 6 month. J. B. Pendergrass, W. C. TA NARUS,; Mis s ry F. Winburn, W. R. S. Jefferson Grange, No. 488, P. of H., meet# °* Saturday before 4th Sunday in each month. •***• E. Randolph, M.; G. J. N." Wilson, Sec’y. Relief (colored) Fire Company, N.o, 2, meet* 03 4th Tuesday night in each month. Henry L° D f’ Captain ; Ned Bums, Sec’y. . Oconee Grange, No. 391. meets on Saturday fore the first Sunday in each month, at Galilei! 1 o’clock, P. M. A. C. Thompson, W. M.; L. T * i Bush, Sec'y. MARTIN INSTITUTE . WILL open on the 23d of August. Parents Guardians will find it well worth the trout* to inquire the expenses and character of in*tr uf " tion here, before deciding where to seek for those under their charge. They will find *' penses little over half as much as in most * n,tl * tions of equal grade, and for its character, we r fer them, with perfect confidence, to the and pupils who have known the Institute, with' present corps of teachers, for years. Apply* 0 J. E. RANDOLPfb Secretary Board Trusted * Orj.W. GLENN, July 31st, 1875. Principal- To All Persons Concerned,. NOTICE is hereby given that the office of * County Judge, for the county of located at Jefferson, the county site of said ty, and in the office of the Sheriff, in the t 1 House. M. M. PITTMAN. Sept 25—2 t County Judge. Jackson